Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on ...

Instantly, they know they are near a person infected with the plague that has killed their world: a fungus that takes over ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Dotting the ground beneath towering forests of the Pacific Northwest is a bizarre mushroom that looks like a molar, dotted ...

Switching from top-down to bottom watering can also reduce mold issues. Place seedling cells or pots in a shallow tray filled ...

WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to sterilize soil, how to get rid ...

If you're walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive.

What do I do!!??" While some fungi are beneficial for soil and plants, others can be a nuisance. Artillery fungus and slime mold, for example, can cause problems in mulched areas. The simplest way to ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus that preys on the sick and old is continuing to spread in hospitals and senior care facilities across the country, killing more than 1 in 3 infected. Candida auris ...

The losses in soil moisture — a result of the planet’s climate conditions and prolonged droughts — already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans.

Valley fever is caused by the fungus coccidioides, which is swept up into the air when soil contaminated with the fungus is disturbed by wind or digging. States usually report a total of 10,000 ...